netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 05/10] pie: rearrange structure members and their initializations

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Date:   Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:35:22 +0100 (CET)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     gautamramk@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, tahiliani@...k.edu.in, jhs@...atatu.com,
        dave.taht@...il.com, toke@...hat.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        stephen@...workplumber.org, lesliemonis@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 05/10] pie: rearrange structure members and
 their initializations

From: gautamramk@...il.com
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 19:42:44 +0530

> From: "Mohit P. Tahiliani" <tahiliani@...k.edu.in>
> 
> Rearrange the members of the structures such that they appear in
> order of their types. Also, change the order of their
> initializations to match the order in which they appear in the
> structures. This improves the code's readability and consistency.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mohit P. Tahiliani <tahiliani@...k.edu.in>
> Signed-off-by: Leslie Monis <lesliemonis@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Gautam Ramakrishnan <gautamramk@...il.com>

What matters for structure member ordering is dense packing and
grouping commonly-used-together elements for performance.

"order of their types" are none of those things.